. I’m not sure what time I’ll arrive, maybe half past seven. ___, I’ll be there as early as possible.

  A. Anyhow   B. However     C. Thus     D.Therefore

       --Have you ever heard of an American president called Chester A.Arthur?

       --No, and he is not mentioned in my history book at all. He seems ______________.

       A. to have been completely forgotten                 B. having completely forgotten

       C. to have completely forgotten                         D. completely forgetting

It’s Friday morning in the year 2030, and you’re running late. You got carried away watching the music video that was playing in the corner of your bathroom mirror while you were brushing your teeth. How will you get to your office at Mega Giga Industries on time?

    A quick check of your Internet–connected refrigerator tells you your train is a bit behind schedule, too. So you decide to drive your environmentally–friendly fuel cell car instead—or rather, let your car drive you. It’s programmed to know the way and it will get you there without speeding, getting lost, or crashing.

   Settling into your office chair, which changes color to match what you’re wearing, you pick up yesterday morning’s newspaper. Printed on reusable electronic paper, it immediately rewrites itself with today’s headlines. Now it’s time for your big meeting. Uh-oh! You’ve left your handwritten notes at home. No problem. The digital ink pen you used has stored an electronic copy of what you wrote.

   Your wristwatch videophone (可視電話) suddenly rings. Your best friend’s face pops up on the screen (屏幕) asking what you’re doing this weekend. Will you play virtual soccer with the U.S. Olympic team? No, no. Your friend says, so you have to take the new elevator (made of microscopic fibers many times stronger than steel) 60000 miles into space.

    Could this scene really take place in just twenty years? The researchers who are now developing all this stuff think so. These gadgets (小器械) may be as common in 20 years as cell phones and DVD players are today.

57. What is the BEST TITLE for the passage?

A. Life in the Future      B. Future Transportation  

C. Life Today and Tomorrow D. Development of the Internet

58. Your future car has all of the following features (特點) EXCEPT        ．

A. being programmed to know the way       B. using environmentally-friendly fuel

C. driving you to different places safely       D. having an Internet-connected refrigerator

59. How many high-tech products are mentioned in Paragraph 3?

A. Two.   B. Three.      C. Four.        D. Five.

60. We can learn from the passage that in twenty years          ．

A. going to space may be common       

B. DVD players will be much more popular

C. playing virtual soccer with Olympic teams won’t be attractive

D. wristwatch videophones will completely take the place of cell phones

八、書面表達（滿分15分）

最近，校園安全成為人們廣泛關(guān)注的話題，為確保師生安全，你校決定禁止外人進入校園。為此，學校在學生中做了一次“家長該不該進校園及其原因”的調(diào)查。調(diào)查結(jié)果如下圖所示：

根據(jù)上圖信息，請以“Should parents be banned from entering campus?”為題，用英語寫一篇100-120個詞的短文。要求如下：

1. 簡要描述圖中的信息（包括人數(shù)比率、觀點及原因）；2. 談談你的看法。

注意：文章的標題和開頭已給出（不計詞數(shù)）。

Should parents be banned from entering campus?

Recently, campus security has become a hot issue. To ensure security, strangers are banned from entering campus by our school, and a survey has been made among the students about whether parents should be included.                                                  

 When the terrible flood happened in the south, the government ________ a state of emergency and general mobilization.

A. stated                       B. declared            C. advocated          D. urged

 .In this experiment, they are wakened several times during the night and asked to report what they__________.

A.had just been dreaming   B. had just dreaming

C. are just dreaming        D. have just been dreaming

 Mr. John was always _______ the poor and the sick, often providing them with free medical care.

      A. tended by          B. absorbed in           C. reminded of       D. concerned about

第二節(jié)(共5小題；每小題2分。共10分)

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。選項中有兩項為多余選項。

Before going outside in the morning, many of us check a window thermometer(溫度計)for the temperature. This helps us decide what to wear. _______51______ . We want our food to be a certain coldness in the refrigerator. We want it a certain hotness in the oven. If we don’t feel well, we use a thermometer to see if we have a fever. We keep our rooms a certain warmth in the winter and a certain coolness in the summer.

Not all the thermometers use the same system to measure temperature. We use a system called the Fahrenheit scale. But most other countries use the Centigrade scale.

Both systems use the freezing and boiling points of water as their guide._____52_______ .

The most common kind of thermometer is made with mercury(水銀)inside a clear glass tube. As mercury (or any other liquid ) becomes hot, it expands. As it gets colder, it contracts(收縮). That is why on hot days the mercury line is high in the glass tube.______53______.

First. Take a clear glass juice bottle that has a cap; fill the bottle with coloured water. Tap a hole in the center of the cap using a hammer and thick nail. Put the cap on the jar. Then stick a plastic straw(吸管) through the nail hole. _______54____________.

Finally. Place a white card on the outside of the bottle and behind the straw. Now you can see the water lever easily. _______55___________.

As the temperature goes down, the water will contract, and the lever in the straw will come down. Perhaps you will want to keep a record of the water lever in the straw each morning for a week.

A. We use and depend on thermometers to measure the temperature of many other things in our daily lives.

B. Thermometers measure temperature, by using materials that change in the same way when they are heated or cooled.

C. Now that you know this rule you can make a thermometer of your own that will work.

D. The water will rise in the straw. As the temperature of the air goes up, the water will expand and rise even higher.

E. They label these in different ways. On the Fahrenheit scale water freezes at 32 degrees and boils at 212 degrees. On the Celsius scale water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100degrees.

F. Take wax (you may use an old candle if you have one) and melt some of it right where the straw is struck into the cap to seal(把..粘住) them together.

G. People use thermometers which are made by themselves when travelling around the world.

All the employees of the company received a(n) _____________of $ 200 apart from their salary at the end of the year to celebrate our traditional Spring Festival.

A.advantage     B.reward       C.bonus        D.fare

A popular saying goes， “Sticks and stones may break my bones， but words will never hurt me.” However， that's not really true. Words have the power to build us up or tear us down. It doesn't matter if the words come from someone else or ourselves—the positive and negative effects are just as lasting.

We all talk to ourselves sometimes. We're usually too embarrassed to admit it， though. In fact， we really shouldn't be because more and more experts believe talking to ourselves out loud is a healthy habit.

This “self??talk” helps us motivate ourselves， remember things， solve problems， and calm ourselves down. Be aware， though， that as much as 77% of self??talk tends to be negative. So in order to stay positive， we should only speak words of encouragement to ourselves. We should also be quick to give ourselves a pat on the back. The next time you finish a project， do well in a test， or finally clean your room， join me in saying “Good job！”

Often， words come out of our mouths without us thinking about the effect they will have. But we should be aware that our words cause certain responses in others. For example， when returning an item to a store， we might use warm， friendly language during the exchange. And the clerk will probably respond in a similar manner. Or harsh (刻薄的) and critical language will most likely cause the clerk to be defensive.

Words possess power because of their lasting effect. Many of us regret something we once said. And we remember unkind words said to us！ Before speaking， we should always ask ourselves： Is it true？ Is it loving？ Is it needed？ If what we want to say doesn't pass this test， then it's better left unsaid.

Words possess power： both positive and negative. Those around us receive encouragement when we speak positively. We can offer hope， build self??esteem(自尊) and motivate others to do their best. Negative words destroy all those things. Will we use our words to hurt or to heal？ The choice is ours.

72.The main idea of the first paragraph is that　　　　.

A.words have a lasting effect on us

B.inspiring words give us confidence

C.negative words may let us down

D.not sticks and stones but words will hurt us

73.There is no sense for us to feel embarrassed when we talk to ourselves because　　　　.

A.almost everybody has the habit of talking to themselves

B.talking to ourselves always gives us courage

C.we can benefit from talking to ourselves

D.it does no harm to have “self??talk” when we are alone.

74.The underlined part in the third paragraph means that we should also timely　　　　.

A.remind ourselves  B.praise ourselves

C.make ourselves relaxed  D.give ourselves amusement

75.The author would probably hold the view that　　　　.

A.encouraging words are sure to lead to kind offers

B.negative words may motivate us to make more progress

C.people tend to remember friendly words

D.it is better to think twice before talking to others